stevecaaster
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Well I finally got my first ag in the fermenter, though it definatly did not go smoothly and I have a nasty scrape across my thumb. this brewage was just slight of disaster!
(I thought) I nailed my mash temp of 153 BUT when I opened the lid on my cooler MLT to check it once more before draining my mash, I read 158. the temperature went up. what was that all about? Will my batch suffer greatly for this? it was :
8.5 lbs of crisp maris otter
1.5 lb flaked oats
.5 lb roasted barley
.5 lb chocolate malt
.5 lb dark crystal
.5 lb 60 L crystal
.5 lb flaked barley
.25 lb black patent
first runnings (just the mash draining out) pH was 5.9
also I took a pH reading of the preboil wort and got like 5.8
I ended up with a 1.063 grav. after the boil when i took a sample out of the fermenter. My pre-boil volume was 7.25 gallons and post was 5. would I be able to calculate efficiency from this?
also, i forgot to vorlauf, all three times I drained my MLT! how serious is this? I use a stainless braid, if that helps me at all...
thoughts, consolations, opinions, and criticisims are welcome...
thanks for the help everyone, have a good one
(I thought) I nailed my mash temp of 153 BUT when I opened the lid on my cooler MLT to check it once more before draining my mash, I read 158. the temperature went up. what was that all about? Will my batch suffer greatly for this? it was :
8.5 lbs of crisp maris otter
1.5 lb flaked oats
.5 lb roasted barley
.5 lb chocolate malt
.5 lb dark crystal
.5 lb 60 L crystal
.5 lb flaked barley
.25 lb black patent
first runnings (just the mash draining out) pH was 5.9
also I took a pH reading of the preboil wort and got like 5.8
I ended up with a 1.063 grav. after the boil when i took a sample out of the fermenter. My pre-boil volume was 7.25 gallons and post was 5. would I be able to calculate efficiency from this?
also, i forgot to vorlauf, all three times I drained my MLT! how serious is this? I use a stainless braid, if that helps me at all...
thoughts, consolations, opinions, and criticisims are welcome...
thanks for the help everyone, have a good one